Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-24
BIRDS OF FINE PLUMAGE.
DECOLLETTE DRESSES AND DAZ-
ZLING DIAMONDS.

Goodness Between Secretary Endicott
and Postmaster General Villas -
Crushes at the White House.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-The display OF
brilliant plumage at Mrs. Cleveland's last
reception was unusually gorgeous. 1t is
said that there never has been such dis
play of diamonds in the White House be-
fore. Mrs. Senator Stanford and Mrs.
Frank Leslie attracted the most attention.
Mrs, stanford fairly shone with precious
stones, and her diamonds alone cost over
half million dollars. Mrs. Leslie wore
in her ears the famous stones about which
so much has been written. They are
about the size Of BIRDS eggs. A mag
nificentAnecklace of blazing stones almost
as large encircled her throat, while the
entire front OF her decollette corsage was
one blaze OF pure white diamonds in dif-
ferent settings-cresoents, buttons and
crosses.
Mrs. Stanford wore around her throat a
band of white velvet, to which We're at
tached three large diamond stars and
with them we're also some rare black
pearls. She wore dress of ron black
lace and was, taken altogether, a
gorgeous spectacle. Mrs. Malone also
attracted great deal of attention by the
mum Der and brlliancy of her diamonds.
Among those OF the foreign circle wear
ing superb Jewels were the wives OF the
Brazilian, Swedish and Chilian Minis
tiers, Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Hilyar.
Nearly all the ladies wearing diamonds
wore black dresses, which made good
background forlthe setting Oftheir Jewels.
Some of the dressing, or rather the want
of it, was carried TO the farthest eX-
tremes. The display of necks, arms and
busts was, to say the least of 1t, eXtraor-
binary.
At the reception marked GOODNESS was
noticed between Secretary of War Endi-
colt and Postmaster General Villas. 1t
came out that few weeks ago Mr.. Villas
gave a dinner at which the President
and the members of the Cabinet were in
Vited. Secretary EndicOtt neither put in
an appearance nor sent regrets, and the
Postmaster General felt obliged to look
upon the matter as a personal affront.
The result is GOODNESS between them so
great that they are scarcely on speaking
Terms. Among the topics for side talk
during the evening was the approaching
marriage OF John A. Logan, Jr. Miss
Andrews, the Ohio heiress, who
is to marry Mr.. Logan, is
spoken of enthusiastically by all who
know her as young woman OF even good
temper, fine education, and accomplished
as we'll as beautiful OF person. She IL %
slium height. She is now visiting in New
York at the home of her uncle, Wallace c.
Andrews, and will soon make a visit to
Washington, where she is sure to receive
many fatterIng attentions.
WHITE HOUSE CRUsHEs.
The gay season at the White House Is
at its height, and with 1t comes the stand
ing problem OF how to receive the guests
which enter its portals without subjecting
them to the dangers and discomtOrJs of a
crush. The White House was not con-
structed with any definite plan tor
the ingress and egress OF crowds
AL sorts of ways have been trieG time
and again for the accommodation ana
comfort OF large number of guests and
for the handling of the public, but with
out much success so far. In the matter
of cloak rooms, one oftwo plans must al
ways be adopted. The state and private
dining rooms must be turned into
cloak rooms, or the executive offices up
stairs must be used for wraps. Both
plans have been adopted. With the first,
there is invariably the inevitable crush
in the private corridor where the crowds
coming from the two dining rooms in the
opposite directions meet and struggle
shelplessly 10 get on through to the Red
room. The door of this room is a single
door. The crowd is usually in Il mass
the width of the corridor, and three or
four times the width of the door. The work
Iofmaking narrow line OF people out OF
wide one here begins, where there is
really no space for it to lengthen cut. 1t
rs no wonder that the squeezing and push
ing and wedging gets 10 be something
awful and to be dreaded, if not positively
DANGEROUS. Women have tainted, and
Others have suffered tortures in this par
ficular place. Strong men have been
lifted from their feet and carried on by
the resistless pressure of those behind
them, who were as utterly helpless as
those before. During President Arthur's
occupancy the other plan was
tried OF having the Executive up
stairs offices for cloak rooms at
several evening official receptions. Ii
was by far the more comfortable arrange
ment. and there WAS no meeting of con-
lending forces, rs from the dining rooms
below guests Oh arriving went up the
executive stairs where two large rooms
were given up as cloak rooms to the ladies
and gentlemen. The line was formed in
the upper corridor, passed on and down
the private stairway to the corridor be-
low, and thence comfortably to the Red
room. The entranoe and exit doors were
then perfectly available, guests going in
one way and out the other. But the
hitch came shortly in the announcement
that the private stairs We're not strong
enough TO bear the weight OF so many
people on them at one time. Then the
arrangement involving the old misery and
struggles had to be gone back to in the
use of the dining rooms again. AS the
ploak rooms below bring the inevitable
and certain crush, there seems but one
remedy poseible-tbe private stairs should
be made strong and secure and the cloak
rooms should be above.
MRS. BIGELow's IS;PUDENCE.
A prominent Republican member of
ACongress this week added new story to
the innumerable anecdotes about Mrs
John Bigelow. The story was told to a
group Of Congressman in the lobby Of
iWiLard's Hotel and was not intended for
publication. 1t ia too good to keep, how
ever, and is therefore hereby made
public. While Mrs. James G. Blaine
was leaving an afternoon reception
during the period when her husband
was IN the height Of his glory here. Mrs.
Bigelow also went tripping down the
steps and overlook Mrs. Blaine. IL so
happened that Mrs. Bigelow had no car.
Tiage, while Mrs. Blaine, OF course, had
come in her own private turnout. Mrs.
Bigelow, with the Impotence character
astic OF her, told Mrs. Blaine that she
would jump into her carriage with her
and let her drive her around to
another reception then in progress